HOUSTON, June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Reliant Energy announced today that Jerry J. Langdon, executive vice president, Public and Regulatory Affairs, and chief compliance officer has resigned, effective June 30, to pursue another career opportunity
"Jerry joined Reliant in 2003, shortly after Joel Staff was named chief executive officer, and helped the company work through a significant number of challenges," said Mark Jacobs, president and chief executive officer, Reliant Energy. "During his tenure with the company he made important contributions toward rebuilding Reliant's credibility with state and federal regulators and legislators and in championing competitive markets."
"I have tremendous respect for the people of Reliant Energy and am immensely proud of all we have accomplished in terms of repositioning the company and rebuilding a sense of integrity in the organization," Langdon said. "Reliant is one of the finest companies that I have had the privilege of being associated with and it is well positioned for future success."
Reliant Energy, Inc. based in Houston, Texas, provides electricity and energy services to retail and wholesale customers in the United States. In Texas, the company provides service to approximately 1.9 million retail electricity customers, including residential and small business customers and commercial, industrial, governmental and institutional customers. Reliant also serves commercial, industrial, governmental and institutional customers in the PJM (Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland) market.
The company is one of the largest independent power producers in the nation with approximately 16,000 megawatts of power generation capacity across the United States. These strategically located generating assets utilize natural gas, fuel oil and coal. For more information, visit http://www.reliant.com/.
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